fj45 rear bumper ideas (2 Viewers)

[duracell]

I have a 67 fj45 pick up with a stock bed. I am looking to find suggestions for some sort of rear bumper other than the frame. i know the box is virtually irreplacable so i want to have something to protect it while offroading but obviously departure angle is already an issue and dont want to make it any worse. I plan on using the vehicle for offraoding and camping and it currently has a 4" lift ith 35's. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[canadian bum]

Mine has a tube rear bumper, i have to put a flat deck on though because the box was too rusted out.

 

[nuclearlemon]

mine has this monstrous thing not bad looking though

 

[65swb45]

I started a thread about mine last week over on Pirate. Here's the link:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3733919&posted=1#post3733919

 

[duracell]

thanks for the start guys I really appreciate it
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[madams557]

I sorta like the modifications that TLC4X4 made to mate a Kaymar bumper/tire carrier to the rear end of a few of their FJ45. Don't know what was involved with that, but I'm sure some cutting was required. No good photos on their website.

 

[bull]

here is ours

 

[duracell]

Great plans from all. This weekend I will have to shoot pictures of thes beast and hear what nyou think. Thank you again

 

[brew8]

 

[PG45er]

Here's what I built for mine.

Built with 2x4x1/4 tubing. Simple and tough. Figured it suited the stock look I was aiming for. I won't be pulling a trailer so didn't bother building a receiver into it but it would be easy enough to add.

 

[mmcinnis]

Here's mine. Good protection. Holds a 38" tire. Lance at IPOR built it for me many many moons ago! Truck was built back when big trucks were cool!

 

[DomSmith]

^^^^ALL 45 trucks are cool. Big, small, rusty, painted, restored, rotted...

Never met a 45 pickup I didn’t like.

 

[Michael B]

Here are a few shots of my bumper. It was made by a local fab shop. He has made a jig and kept the cad file for future use. It has a class IV trailer hitch built into it and the recovery points are fully intergrated as well.

 

[middlecalf]

...rotted...

Well mine is included then... lol

 

[Vintij74]

I pretty much copied the receiver on the blue 64 -@65swb45

When I bought the truck from Jim, it already had a good bumper, and I added the receiver mid channel. License plate is on the passenger side, flush to bottom of bumper & I’ve dragged the whole thing a few times

 

[wngrog]

13 year old thread bump. Awesome.

 

[xtremeVA]

13 year old thread bump. Awesome.

Just like these classic machines, some things never go out of style.

 

[45Kevin]

Here's what I built for mine. View attachment 1794080 View attachment 1794081 Built with 2x4x1/4 tubing. Simple and tough. Figured it suited the stock look I was aiming for. I won't be pulling a trailer so didn't bother building a receiver into it but it would be easy enough to add.

How do you winch the spare tire down and up?

 

[PG45er]

How do you winch the spare tire down and up?

A little cut out behind the license plate. Was going to put a hinged license plate on it but didn't like the looks of it so opted for just removing 2 bolts to get the plate off. Not something I expect to have to do a lot since I don't do any serious off roading and I put less than 5,000 k a year on it

 

[47coeman]

Here's what I built for mine. View attachment 1794080 View attachment 1794081 Built with 2x4x1/4 tubing. Simple and tough. Figured it suited the stock look I was aiming for. I won't be pulling a trailer so didn't bother building a receiver into it but it would be easy enough to add.

Like the simplicity and usefulness of this bumper a definite plus.